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  Glyceryl Monoesters

  Posted by msmonroe on June 22, 2017 at 10:09 am

  Hi,

  Could you please share your experience using glyceryl caprylate/caprate in your hair wash formulation (sulfate-free) ? and what’s the difference if you using glyceryl oleate instead?

  Thanks,
  Monroe

  msmonroe replied 7 years, 5 months ago 3 Members · 3 Replies

  • glycerylcaprylate
  • glycerylmonesters
  • glyceryloleate
  • sulfatefreeshampoo
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  johnb

  Member

  June 22, 2017 at 3:31 pm

  This is a new one on me.

  I cannot see any reason why either of those materials, glyceryl caprylate/caprate or glyceryl oleate, would be considered as ingredients of a hair wash formulation (shampoo) sulfate free or not.

  Both are lipids and it is the function of a shampoo to remove excess lipid from the hair. By including lipidic materials into the shampoo reduces its functionality.

  Have I missed something?

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  belassi

  Member

  June 22, 2017 at 5:30 pm

  Glyceryl oleate is one of the two components of Lamesoft PO65 (the other is a surfactant, coco-glucoside), in hair care it gives a “soft” effect at a rate of about 1%

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  msmonroe

  Member

  June 22, 2017 at 10:53 pm

  Thanks for the comments.

  I tried them both. And I don’t see any difference in term of softness effect, they both give “soft” effect at 1%.
  I used Stepan for GCC and PO65 for GO. Since I don’t want to add another glucoside in my hairwash, I just add single Glyceryl Oleate at 0.5% (I had already Lauryl Glucoside at 6%), the formula works fine so far. But is it okay to use just single Glyceryl Oleate (not PO65)?

  But I heard the Glyceryl Oleate can cause irritation/alergies reaction, while GCC is more nonirritant. Is my understanding correct?

  Thanks,
  M

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